‘This is just the beginning’: Suruchi Phogat pips Manu Bhaker for gold at ISSF World Cup

By our Special Correspondent

Suruchi Phogat’s Whatsapp display picture shows her with the six gold medals she won in last year’s shooting nationals along with a garland of currency notes. On Tuesday night, the 19-year-old from Sisroli village in Jhajjar district in Haryana won her second successive ISSF World Cup gold. She became the champion in the women’s 10m air pistol final with a score of 243.6 to edge out Paris Olympics double medallist Manu Bhaker in the ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru.